Qin Shi looked at his hands in disbelief. His heart was filled with shock.
"Puff!"
But suddenly, Qin Shi's expression changed. A heart-wrenching pain erupted from his body. It was as if a ferocious beast had dug out his heart. Qin Shi didn't even have the chance to react. He spat out a mouthful of blood. His knees buckled, and he knelt on the ground. Several black lines appeared on his forehead, causing him to feel as if his body was in an upheaval of pain.
"Ah!" Qin Shi spat out a few more mouthfuls of blood. Only then did he feel slightly better.
However, in this short period of time, Qin Shi's body had become a complete mess. Qin Shi couldn't help but feel shocked when he looked inside himself.
"What, what happened just now?
What a terrifying power … "Qin Shi exclaimed. In that instant, he had the illusion that he was about to die. The injuries in his body were also one of the few serious ones he had suffered in the past few years.
"It's the divine punishment …"
At this time, the Nefarious Devil said, "This formation can indeed control time, but there seems to be some kind of critical point. At the start, you only slowed down time, not to the extent of triggering the Divine Punishment. However, you just revived something that was destroyed. This is originally a reversal of the Heavenly Daos, and time is fixed. You changed the flow of time, and the space that was changed will definitely be shifted to other places. Hence, just now, you received an attack from yourself, and that attack was strengthened by time several times."
Qin Shi was startled. He narrowed his eyes slightly. Did that mean that he still couldn't control time as he pleased?
Just now, he had only casually resurrected the platform. If he had changed something even more heaven-defying, would he have died from the backlash?
Qin Shi immediately broke out in cold sweat. Lingering fear rose in his heart.
"However, if you use this thing properly, it's a pretty good treasure." The evil demon said.
Qin Shi nodded. No matter what, being able to control time was indeed an extremely terrifying thing. He could feel that even the evil demon was slightly shocked.
This was the first time in all these years that Qin Shi had felt apprehensive when encountering a fiendish demon.
Qin Shi studied it for a moment before saying, "This formation seems to have some sort of limitation, but I didn't receive any backlash when I used the reversal power on myself just now. It's just that activating this formation requires a lot of power, and it seems like it requires the power of Heaven's Secrets. I can only activate it for a few seconds before the spirit energy in my body is exhausted. It looks like if I want to completely control this formation, I need to reach Transcendent World Realm at the very least."
"However, a few seconds of time reversal can still change a lot," the nefarious being said.
Qin Shi nodded his head. That was indeed the case. This thing had already reached a certain level of power. When he thought of this, Qin Shi gently pulled down his sleeves, concealing the two strange marks on the back of his hand.
"It's best not to reveal such a heaven-defying thing for the time being. Otherwise, it will surely attract the greed of countless people."
Qin Shi thought. Soon after, he looked around the spacious palace. He had already gained a bountiful harvest after entering the third branch hall this time around. Not only had he broken through to the half-step to World State, he had also obtained three Elemental Lightning Beads and this heaven defying formation.
The corners of Qin Shi's mouth rose. Soon after, he checked his Spirit Tablet.
The shocking three-digit number on the Spirit Tablet made a faint smile appear on his face.
"Although my Spirit Value didn't increase very quickly, and the three World stage sea beasts didn't increase my Spirit Value because they were refined into Demonic Runes, my recent breakthrough still allowed me to reach level 100. Now, it's time to get down to business. There's not much time left until the Deep Sea Genesis reservoir's designated area." Qin Shi's eyes flickered with iciness.
"Spirit Value huh …?"
Qin Shi let out a strange chuckle. He had already made up his mind. The best way to increase his Spirit Value was undoubtedly to kill and rob. As for whose Spirit Value he would rob, he already had a plan.
At this moment, a dark light suddenly flickered in the palace, drawing Qin Shi's attention.
Qin Shi calmed his heart and took a look. Only then did he discover that there was a miniature golden metal tower at the very top of the palace. There was an obscure power within the metal tower, as if it was the key to opening some sort of barrier. This caused Qin Shi to be slightly startled. Shortly after, he waved his hand and grabbed the golden tower. At this moment, a smile appeared on his face. "Back then, the Heaven-Devouring Sea Python claimed that the true treasure in this tomb wasn't in the branch palace, but the main palace. However, he still didn't know the method to open the main palace. Haha, this golden tower should be the key to open the main palace, right?"
Qin Shi fiddled with the golden tower for a while before keeping it in his pouch.
At this moment, Qin Shi couldn't help but feel a headache. Although he had obtained all the treasures in this branch hall, wanting to leave this branch hall had become a vexing matter for him.
When he came in, this branch hall was sealed off by countless giant spirit stones. Now, it would be very difficult for him to leave the same way he came in.
"There should be a way to the main hall in this branch hall, right?"
Qin Shi calmed himself down and carefully observed the walls of the palace.
…
On the other side, in the depths of the tomb, this was a place that would take more than half a month to go around the seven branch halls.
There was a canyon that had broken off from the earth's crust. The canyon was at least tens of thousands of meters deep, and at the deepest part of the canyon was boiling lava. The lava contained an extremely powerful fire element, and it was something that could even melt the bones of World realm experts. At one end of the canyon, there were hundreds of disciples gathered. It had been close to a month since the tomb had opened, and those who could survive until now were all experts who had not been easy to do so. Almost all of these experts were gathered here.
Ling Zhu, Mo Xingyu, and the others were also here. Aside from them, A 'Biao's group, Zhang Liang's group, and the Three Purities Group were all gathered here.
On the other side of the canyon, there was a stone door that was covered in lightning. The stone door was over a thousand meters tall, and in the middle of it, there was a mysterious formation diagram. There were eight changes on the formation diagram, life and death were uncertain, and the wind and clouds were constantly changing. On the outer circle of the formation diagram, there were seven keyholes, and above them, there were four powerful words, which were a ghastly sight.
Nanjia Immortal Cave!
"Is this the main hall of the tomb?"
At this moment, many disciples could not help but lick their lips, their eyes burning with yearning.
"Yes, it should be. This place is connected to all the forks in the tomb, and the deepest part of all the forks is here. I'm afraid that the true treasures of the tomb are in the main hall."
"I wonder what treasures there are in the main hall. Judging from the sea beasts that protected this branch hall, there might be a divine item."
At this moment, everyone looked towards the immortal cave in excitement.
Ling Zhu frowned as she looked at the ancient formation diagram, "What a profound formation … even I can't see through it."
"Sister Ling Zhu, even you can't see through this formation?"
Mo Xingyu was slightly shocked. In the past three thousand years, Ling Zhu's understanding of formations was extremely unique, even comparable to many of the Ling Zhu Palace's elders. But now, even she couldn't see through this formation diagram?
"Yes, this formation contains the mysteries of the heavens. No ordinary person can break it. If we want to enter the formation diagram, we must gather all seven keys. Otherwise, even a grand completion World realm expert will be instantly turned to ashes if they approach the formation diagram." Ling Zhu said solemnly.
"A grand completion World realm expert will be turned to ashes?" Everyone was shocked.
At this moment, Fuyang stepped forward lightly. He glanced at the formation diagram from the corner of his eyes. He was the only one who could remain calm in front of this grand stone door. Even Zhang Liang, Ling Zhu, and the others couldn't avoid it. Fuyang hesitated for a moment. Then, four iron pagodas with different patterns appeared in his hand. The moment the four iron pagodas appeared, they immediately resonated with the stone door.
"Everyone, I have four keys in my hand. May I know who has the other three keys?
Are they willing to hand them over? "Fuyang asked softly.
Hearing this, everyone looked at each other, wondering who had the other three keys.
At this moment, Zhang Liang's expression changed. In his hand, there was a shining iron pagoda, but he wasn't in a hurry to reveal it. Instead, he turned his gaze towards Ling Zhu and asked, "Is your information accurate?
That kid really died in the third branch hall? "
The spark lady said with certainty, "Yes, this incident caused quite a commotion at that time. Just as we left the Third Sub-Hall, the sub-hall collapsed. Ling Zhu and the others all ran out, except for that brat. Moreover, Ling Zhu was also very sad at that time, so there's no mistake."
"Haha, even the heavens are on our side. That brat is not worth mentioning, but that weird Devil Talisman in his hand is deadly. Now that he has lost his life in the stone door, I think that the key to the Third Branch Palace should be buried inside. If that's the case, there should be another key in the Third Branch Palace after we snatched one earlier. As for the other key, it should be in …" Zhang Liang's gaze turned and landed on Ah Biao.
As expected, Ah Biao smiled. "Fuyang, I have one in my hand, but everyone knows that there are countless treasures in this stone door. Don't you think it's a little too much to ask me to hand it over to you?"
"Hehe, so what do you mean?" Fuyang said lightly.
"Let's open this main hall together. As for who can get the real treasures in the main hall, it will depend on their own abilities. What do you think?"
Fuyang was silent for a while, but he didn't reject. "It's alright. The treasures in the main hall belong to those who are capable."
Ah Biao's eyes shone with joy. Without hesitation, he waved his hand and threw a golden pagoda towards Fuyang.
At this moment, Zhang Liang grinned. Compared to the Three Purities Group, he was still lacking. It wasn't worth offending the Three Purities Group for a key. Moreover, Fuyang had promised Ah Biao that he would give the golden pagoda to Fuyang.
Fuyang received two keys consecutively, so he now had six keys in his hand. He looked around.
"Is the missing one not with any of you?" Fuyang asked.